Kaboodle Doodle at the Fifth

This week it is challenge number Five at Kaboodle Doodle - can you believe it? There are some scrummy free papers to download and use in your creation for this week's challenge and here is what I did with them. A friend of mine wants a jewellary box for her birthday and I've been shopping around but they aren't very nice so I thought I might have a go at making one - hope she likes it :)


Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle
Other - recycled cardboard; PVA glue; Acrylic varnish; wire; beads

Kaboodle Doodle Goes Fourth

So the fourth Kaboodle Doodle challenge got my brain really whirling this week. It is all about using something not traditionally associated with crafting in your project. What fun. It is harder than you would think, lots of things have been 'adopted' by crafting already!

Well have a look at my card can you guess what I used (the answer is in the materials list)? You can take the little animal 'flags' off of the card and stick them in something else e.g. a planter perhaps.



Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle
Inks - Distress Inks Black
Other - Cutton Buds; Notepaper; Coffee cup holder

Christening Card

It is my OH's nephew's Christening this weekend and I've been racking my brain for the card all this week. This is what I finally went for, perhaps inspired by my wedding card earlier this week :)


Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Blossom Berry Bright
Image - doodled by me
Colouring - watercolour pencils
Other - Shades of purple cardstock

A Wedding Card

A card for a wedding today, using the lovely Blossom Berry Bright kit from Kaboodle Doodle, I love this kit, and a stamp from Elzybells Art Stamp. This one is using the fab sketch from this week's Friday Sketchers. You can't see it too well in the photo but I used co-ordinating glitter on the dress, flowers, hat, waistcoat and cravat.

AND get this - I was drawn in last week's draw on Friday Sketchers and won the fab Hero Arts background stamp. How lucky am I? It was quite a shock, I was just checking out the site for this week's sketch and saw my name - so was not expecting that :)


Materials:
Stamp - Elzybells Art Stamp
Paper - Kaboodle Doodle
Colouring - Letroset Promarkers
Inks -VersaFine Black
Other - Glitter; Shades of purple Bazzill cardstock; Cuttlebug and Dots embossing folder

Kaboodle Doodle Third Challenge

Week number three for the Kaboodle Doodle Challenge blog and this week it is all about tearing. So go on rip it all to peices :)




Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Berry Bright
Inks - VersaColor Amethyst
Other - Stickles Eucalyptus

Kaboodle Doodles Sponsors the ABC Challenge

Hi All, just to let you know that Kaboodle Doodle is sponsoring this week's challenge from ABC Challenge which this week is H for Holidays. The DT work is fab, go check it out.

Kaboodle Doodles Second Challenge

It's Sunday and challenge posting day for Kaboodle Doodle. To celebrate the first challenge and all the beautiful entries with the free download, Andrea has decided to reward everyone who entered with a paper download of their choice - Wahoo :) Isn't she lovely?

Go check out Kaboodle Doodle's second challenge over on the challenge blog. This week the theme is spots - your creation needs to encompass spots somewhere in the design. This challenge will run for a week and the winner, drawn by a random number generator, will get a free download :) Well worth joining in.


Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle All Star
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Inks - VersaFine Black; Distress Inks Walnut stain, Tea
Others - Buttons; White cardstock; Cuttlebug and Dots embossing folder

Hen Nights

How about a card celebrating a hen night? Well here is one that I made with Kaboodle Doodle papers for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which has a Stars and Stripes theme and, coincidentally, an engagement announcement :)


Materials:
Stamp - Penny Black
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle All Star
Colouring - Watercolour pencils; Letroset Aqua-promarkers
Inks - versafine black; distress ink walnut stain
Other - fine marker

Aliens Amongst Us

I love this set from Kaboodle Doodle - it is the alien papers and I've used them with the sketch from Sketch Saturday. I'm new to this challenge blog - I love finding new challenges.

Talking of new challenges you still have a week to enter the Kaboodle Doodle challenge with it's fab FREE papers.


Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle
Stamp - Stamps Away
Inks - VersaFine Black

What Happened to Wednesday?

I seem to have lost a day. I honestly thought it was Wednesday today. Oops. So I think that this ATC is particularly apt for me today. This one is for Think Monday, Think ATC which this week has a watches theme.



Materials:
Paper - Kaboodle Doodle
Inks - VersaColor Pink; Distress ink Walnut Stain; VersaFine Sepia
Stamp - Studio G alphabet
Other - Pearl brad

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog Goes LIVE

Hey everyone, the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge blog is live from today and your first challenge is to make something from the free download papers available on the blog - Wahoo.
The first challenge will last for two weeks and then after that the challenges will be once a week.

Here is what I made with the papers:


The design team has made some great stuff go take a look and of course
take part.

Enjoy.

Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Challenge blog papers
Stamp - Free from a magazine
Ink - VersaFine black
Colouring - Galaxy markers

Kaboodle Doodle Excitement

There is some major excitement going on with Kaboodle Doodles. Not only has Andrea got new kits coming out but there is a new challenge blog starting this Sunday 24th August 2008.

The first challenge will be to make something with free papers available to download from the blog on Sunday - FREE PAPERS and I've been using them and they are fab!

There is also a chance to win some Kaboodle Doodles downloads at Papertake this week with one of Katharina fab sketches:

Boys Boys Boys

Cards for boys are always hard aren't they? Even the boys cards I make I wonder if any boy would actually like them or if they are still a bit too cute! Anyway here is one I like even if no boy would like it :) This is for A Spoon Full of Sugar which this week has a wonderful sketch from Debbie.


Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle All Star
Ink - VersaFine Black
Colouring - Letraset promarkers
Other - Blue cardstock; raffia

Secret Messages

A Spoon Full of Sugar have a fab challenge this week - Secret Messages on your card. So here is my go. I love these papers from Kaboodle Doodles they go so well with the stamp from Sugar Nellie.




Materials:
Stamp - Sugar Nellie
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle All Star
Inks - Distress ink Walnut stain; VersaFine Black
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Equipment - Cuttlebug, Spots and dots embossing folder
Other - String; Raffia; Coloured staples; mini-bulldog clip; cardstock; Brown cardstock

Blossom Berry Leaving Card

Here is my take on this week's great sketch from Mumur at Friday Sketchers. The papers I've used are from a fab new kit, 'Blossom Berry Brights', that is being launched from Kaboodle Doodles soon.


Elizabeth over at Elzybells Art Stamps has showcased my card on her blog - I'm tickled pink, thank you Elizabeth. You must have a look at her stamps, they are fab.

Materials:
Stamp - Elzybells Art Stamp; Studio G alphabet
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Blossom Berry Brights
Inks - VersaFine Black; VersaColor Orange and Amethyst
Colouring - Letraset Promarkers
Other - Pearl brads; Orange sead beads; Metallic elastic; White cardstock; Orange Bazzill; White galaxy marker; Notepaper

Buttons Grow on Trees - Didn't You Know?

Buttons are this week's theme for the Papertake Weekly Challenge and I have a very rare button tree for this one :)



Materials:
Image - hand-drawn fine black marker and coloured with promarkers
Paper - Kaboodle Doodles All Star
Other - Cardstock; Computer/printer for wording and parenthesis

Cakes for Meece

It's party time for mice and here is a card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which has a fab stetch for us this week. The papers are a new kit about to be released from Kaboodle Doodles.



Materials:
Stamp - Penny Black
Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Party Picnic
Inks - VersaFine black
Other - Watercolour pencils; Glitter Glue; white cardstock

Sooo Cute

Back in the crafting swing had the urge to alter a photoframe with the Alien Card Kit from Kaboodle Doodles. The photos are of my boyfriend as a little boy - Oh just Sooo Cute.



Materials:
Papers - Kaboodle Doodles Alien Card Kit
Other - wooden photoframe

Kaboodle Doodles Altered Box

Just thought I would blog one of the creations I sent to Andrea at Kaboodle Doodles for the design team call. Particularly as I can't do any crafting because my stuff is all packed away at the moment :(
I needed a new buttons box so thought I would alter a large crispbread tin I had been saving to make into something (I horde everything, literally everything). So here is the result. I used some wonderful free download papers Andrea has on her site and scanned some buttons then using Adobe Photoshop Elements put together the label with the lined paper from Kaboodle Doodles. So here is the result:

Before:



After:



Mmmm might need another Buttons box soon, this one is almost full already!

I'm Sooo Excited

Andrea over at I'd Love to Wear a Rainbow has had a Design Team Call up for her papercraft company Kaboodle Doodles and she has picked me to be one of seven. I'm ecstatic! I can't wait to get started. You must go have a look at the papers they are fantastic :)

The other design team members are:

Leann New
Steph Smith
Tracey Vincent
Zoe Stupples
Jo Nevill
Lisa Swift

Go have a look at the lovely blogs of this talented lot :) I can't wait to get to know them all better.